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Set just after the English Civil War, the novel is inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners who had taken possession of a royal residence at Oxfordshire. The story deals with the escape of Charles II... Read Full Overview

Since it hath pleased the Almighty God, out of his infinite mercy, so to make us happy, by restoring of our native King to us, and us unto our native liberty through him, that now the good may say, magna temporum felicitas ubi sentire quoe velis, et dicere licet quoe sentias,... Read Full Overview

Woodstock, or The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. Set just after the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners... Read Full Overview

Woodstock, or The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Set just after the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly... Read Full Overview

Woodstock, or The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. Set just after the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners... Read Full Overview

Woodstock opens in farce, yet it is one of Scott's darkest novels. It deals with revolution, to Scott the most disturbing of all subjects: 'it appears that every step we made towards liberty, has but brought us in view of more terrific perils'. Written during the financial crisis... Read Full Overview

Woodstock, or The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Set just after the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly... Read Full Overview

Sir Walter Scott's "Woodstock; or, The Cavalier" transports readers to a pivotal moment in British history: the tumultuous years of the English Civil War and the subsequent Restoration. Set against the backdrop of the Commonwealth and Protectorate period (1649-1660), this... Read Full Overview

Sir Walter Scott's "Woodstock; or, The Cavalier" transports readers to a pivotal moment in British history: the tumultuous years of the English Civil War and the subsequent Restoration. Set against the backdrop of the Commonwealth and Protectorate period (1649-1660), this... Read Full Overview

"Woodstock, Or, The Cavalier" by Sir Walter Scott, subtitled "A Tale Of The Year 1651", plunges readers into the heart of England during the tumultuous aftermath of the English Civil War. The story unfolds amidst the clandestine efforts to restore Charles II to the throne,... Read Full Overview

"Woodstock oder der Ritter" is a German translation of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel, offering readers a glimpse into 17th-century England during the tumultuous period of the English Civil War and the Restoration. Set in the royal park and palace of Woodstock, the story... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

Sir Henry Lee est le gardien de la Loge, lieu de l gendes et de passages secrets, r sidence royale de Woodstock o Henri II avait cach sa ma tresse Rosemonde Clifford. Sir Henry est un anglican et un cavalier, un fervent partisan des Stuarts. Aussi s'oppose-t-il au mariage de... Read Full Overview